Life Simulation: My Talent Is Wool-Chapter 15: Camping in the Forest

What followed afterward was actually simple.

Luan and Catharina ate, packed their things, and continued forward.

There was no reason to stay in the same place for so long. It was still quite early, and the journey was long.

Their destination was nothing more than a small town kilometers to the south where there was a dungeon.

Although it was possible to level up by killing wild animals, it was incredibly slow and exhausting.

In a dungeon, it is possible to gather information about what kind of monsters to expect, attack patterns, etc.

It was easy to know what the best option to follow was.

On the other hand.

Nothing is perfect.

As one of the only dungeons in the surrounding area, it would obviously be popular.

There were constantly people coming and going.

In other words, Catharina could be exposed.

But that would only be on the outside of the dungeon. As long as they do not form a group with anyone, even if they come across someone inside the dungeon, nothing too serious would happen, after all, inside the dungeon, it would be justifiable that Catharina had assumed a transformation, making those who saw her believe it was because of a talent, not because she was a demi-human.

...

In the late afternoon, Luan and Catharina stopped to officially set up camp.

Continuing their journey in the dark was not a smart choice.

The forest had many trees and Luan chose a location that benefited them the most geographically.

"We’ll set up the tent here." Luan placed the luggage on the ground.

Nodding in agreement, Catharina did the same.

Among the backpacks, there was one with a tent.

With access to the internet, he easily managed beforehand to request that pieces of an easy-to-assemble tent be made.

It took less than ten minutes for the grass-green tent to be set up.

Looking at the tent, Luan shook his head, satisfied: "Not bad." He murmured.

"Yes." Catharina agreed with her eyes shining.

Inside the tent, there were sleeping bags made of wool.

"As I taught you before, let’s place the alert bells." Luan looked at her, and she agreed.

...

It took almost two hours for everything to be ready, and the day had already grown dark.

The place they chose was only illuminated by the faint light of the two moons and the campfire.

The sounds of "tac" from the dry branches burning echoed softly while the night breeze was a little cold.

Snuggled close to the fire, Luan placed pieces of king cobra to roast.

Sitting on a tree trunk in front of Luan, Catharina looked at the starry sky, rubbing her hands, then blew warm air onto her cold hands, extending them toward the campfire.

Although they were in an open forest, with the risk of some wild animal appearing, Catharina’s heart was warm.

It was strange... She didn’t hate living in that house in the village, but strangely, she liked being out in the open with Luan more.

Luan noticed this.

But it was obvious.

Who would truly prefer to live in a cage?

Although she wasn’t really imprisoned before, it was a situation where, if she went out, she could get into trouble.

However, now, she was outside, breathing fresh air, making a campfire, roasting snake meat that she herself had hunted...

All of that was new and had its own charm.

Especially from an activity that brings a considerable level of adventure.

The possibility of a wild animal appearing did not only have negative points.

It was almost like skydiving. It’s scary, but at the same time, it makes you feel alive.

"At this pace..." Luan said suddenly.

"Huh?" Catharina looked at him.

He continued: "If we continue at this pace, we will arrive in Down City in less than five days. But, instead of living in the city, we’ll camp, what do you think?"

"Uh..." She replied with a soft and cold voice: "For me it seems great."

In fact, it was more than perfect for her.

If she stayed in the city, she knew that once again, she would have to hide.

Upon meeting the pure eyes, but far from being naive, of the girl, he more or less understood what she was thinking.

Wanting to say something, he opened his mouth, but was interrupted.

"I think it’s already ready to eat." She said, pointing to the king cobra meat roasting.

Looking away, Luan saw that it had already started to brown, he agreed: "True."

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The next morning arrived without any problems.

It is worth noting that they were now sleeping out in the open, it would not be strange if some wild animal were attracted either by the smell or by the noises caused by them, but strangely, nothing happened.

Which is a relief.

After waking up, Luan breaks the routine of going to Earth and returning after training. That’s because if he did that, the weight of the training would pass to this version of him, that is, for the rest of the day he would remain tired.

At that moment, he could not afford to act as before, after all, he was no longer in the village.

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[Great Tree Village]

Luan’s letter had arrived yesterday at the village leader’s house.

After reading the letter, he did not announce his departure immediately.

Asking someone to investigate, he discovered that it was true, Luan had left.

And, he could understand the reason.

Perhaps because his talent was not the best for becoming a hunter, he knew that if he said it, they would try to stop him from leaving. And, honestly, that was exactly what would happen.

Being a hunter was a dangerous profession. Not to mention that his talent, although useful in its own way, was not so useful as a hunter.

Sighing, the village leader called someone.

"Go and announce to everyone that Luan has left. Say that he went in search of his dream of becoming a hunter."

"Yes!" The man agreed with a firm voice and left.

Going to the window, the village leader murmured: "Luan, my young one, you need to stay well... Know that you can always return, after all, this is your home."

The number of young dreamers who left in search of becoming a hunter was not small. In fact, out of every ten children, at least 9 wish to one day become a hunter and at least 2 leave one day in search of this dream.

But reality was cruel. Few actually managed to become one.

Becoming a Lv2 was already a great achievement, becoming a Lv3 was already an enormous challenge.

Even with a useful talent, even 50 years is not enough for someone to become a Lv3.